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M. D. MIESNBR.`

SWING. APPLICATION FILED MAY 29, 1913.

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Application filed May 29, 1913. Serial No. 770,774.

To all LU/wm it may concern Be it known that l, MARTIN D. Minsnnn, acitizen of the United States, residing at Altenburg, in the county ofPerry and State of lvlissouri, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Swings; and l do following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled:in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

T his invention relates to particularly to that class swings. v

rlhe general object of the invention is to provide an improved lawnswing of that class having opposed seats in the form of rocking chairs,connected by a central floor or platform and mounted in a frame in suolimanner as to give both a rocking and swing ing motion to each rockerseat while the swing is in motion.

i further object of theinvention is to provide an improved adjustableand convertible table and foot rest attachment for swings of thischaracter.

`With these objects in view the invention consists in the improvedconstruction, arrangement and combination of parts of a device of thecharacter specified, which will be hereinafter fully described andafterward specifically claimed.

ln order that its construction and operation may be readilycomprehended, l. will now proceed to specifically and fully describe myinvention in connection with the accompanying drawings which illustratean approved embodiment thereof, in which drawings,

Figure 1 represents the complete double lawn swing in side elevation,with my table and foot rest attachment thereon. Fig. 2 represents alongitudinal vertical sectional view of one end portion of thesupporting stand, showing the spring hangers for one of the chairs.

Like reference characters mark the same parts in both of the figures ofthe drawings.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 10, 10 indicate a pair ofparallel longitudinal bars adapted to rest upon the ground, floor orother support, and connected near their outer ends by suitable crossbars.

12, 12 indicate horizontal parallel bars above each end portion of thebars 10 connected to each other by suitable cross bars swings and moreknown as lawn and supported above said bars 10 by upright sections ofboarding as at 13, secured between the bars 10 and 12, the front edgesof such boards being cut away as at 14 forming substantiallysemicircular spaces 15. The bars 12 are extended outwardly as at 17 toform handles by means of which the swing may be moved from place toplace when desired, and such handle bars form the supports for a rockingor oscillating chair at each end of the framework. Each chair comprisesa seat 18, arms 19, rockers 20, uprights or legs 21 secured at theirlower ends to the rockers 20, at intermediate points to the seat 18 andat their upper ends to the arms 19, and a back 22 pivoted to the seat.0n the arms, facing inward are racks 23. Handles 25 are pivoted at 2G tothe sides of the seats, being connected by pivoted links' 27 to theback. The handles are made of any suitable elastic material and are somounted that they are normally held by their elasticity in engagementwith the teeth of the racks 23. 0n the upper edges of the bars 12 boxesor blocks 28 are secured by screws or bolts passing through openingsinto said bars 12, such boxes being provided in their upper faces withgrooves 30 in which are received the main body portions of springhangers which hangers at each end are bent downward, as at 83, and

at their lower ends, as at 34, outward, said lower ends engaging inopenings in the inner faces of the rockers, said hangers also being ofproper dimensions, horizontally, from end to end, to require that theybe sprung inward to insert their ends in the openings in the rockers,whereby their elasticity retains them in position.

The rockers 2O at their forward ends, as at 41, are connected by crossrods, upon which is mounted a platform 42 by means of notches straddlingthe cross rods 41, which platform forms detachable foot rests for theoccupants of the chairs, and the connections of the rockers andplatforms being pivoted, pressure of the 'feet upon the platforms willcause the chairs to rock forward. lf the front edges of the uprightboard supports were vertical, the platform 42 would strike them veryearly in their return or backward movement on the hangers, but byhollowing out their front edges, space is provided to permit of greaterbackward movement, allowing the platform to move into the semicircularspace 15 as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. Centrally upon each side ofplatform 42 is mountedv an` upright 43 which has a vertical notch in itsupper edge at 44. table top 45 having depending side brace boards 46through whichpass bolts 47 which, notches 44. These bolts long enoughtoengage in the (which may be one only, pass through both uprights), areadjustable in and removable from the notches, so that the table top maybe readily adjusted as to height or inclination, or as readily removed,being held inr any adjusted position by a` nut or nuts 48. By looseningthe nuts, the table may be reversed in position, as shown in dottedlines in Fig. l, inv which position it may be also adjusted inheight orinclination, or both and: secured in such position by the nuts, to serveas a foot or leg rest for the occupants of the chairs.

ien it is desired to di'smount the rocke ing chairs in order to use themindependently of the supporting frame so that they may rest upon theirown rockers, it is only necessary to lift off the platform and springthe ends of the hangers out of the openings of the rockers, when thechairs mayv be lifted out of the frame, leaving the hangers swinging inthe boxes, and when it is desired to sto-re the parts, the hangers maybe removed from the boxes by swinging the: latches aside.

I/Vhile I have specifically described' the construction and operation ofthe several elements embodied in my invention, I desire it to beunderstood that slight changes and variations may be made therein,without de- Between the uprights 43 is a,

parting. from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having thus ful-ly described my invention, what I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. Thecombination in a lawn swing, of a supporting frame, oppositely disposedchairs' having rockers and swung upon said frame, a foot platformconnecting the forward ends of the rockers of' the chairs, uprightsfmounted on the opposite sides of the foot platforms and a tablepivotally and reversibly mounted in said uprights whereby it may sei-'vealso as a foot rest for either chair.

2. The combination in a lawn swing, of a supporting frame, oppositelydisposed chairs having rockers and swung upon said frame, a footplatform pivoted to and connecting the forward ends of the rockers ofthe chairs, uprights mounted on the opposite sides of the foot platformand provided in their upper ends with vertical slots, a pivotalv boltmounted insaid slots, a table between said uprights swung upon saidpivotalV bolt and adjustable and reversible thereon, and a nut on thepivotal bolt for securing.l the table in any adjustment, the table alsoserving when reversed on the pivotal bolt as a swinging foot rest foreither chair.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

MARTIN D. MIESNER.

Witnesses:

EHREGETT Torrrrz, GoTrLoB Gui-mame.v

Copies of this patent may be obtained for n ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, I D. G.-

